Science

This snail may hold a secret to human eye regeneration

Golden apple snails can regrow full, functional eyes. Studying their genes may r...

These plants build ant condos that keep warring species...

The unique architecture of some ball-like plants high in trees in Fiji lets viol...

The U.S. government wants to go ‘all in’ on AI. There a...

Government agencies are rapidly adopting AI, but experts warn the push may outpa...

The mystery of melting sea stars may finally be solved 

A bacterium called Vibrio pectenicida may be melting sea stars along North Ameri...

Higher colon cancer rates may reflect earlier screening...

The recommended age for starting colorectal cancer screening is now 45. That shi...

Seven superclouds sit just beyond the solar system

The superclouds probably produce star-forming clouds of gas, since most nearby s...

Some probiotics could feed, rather than fend off, infec...

Probiotics containing Lactobacillus gasseri Lg-36 prevented C. difficile infecti...

The Webb space telescope spies its first black holes sn...

These star-shredding black holes sit within dusty galaxies that block many teles...

Some U.S. newborns still get HIV despite efforts to scr...

Routine tests in the third trimester may catch missed cases and flag the need fo...

A new species of ‘penis worm’ was discovered in the Gra...

A trove of fossils, including a penis worm with a spiked, invertible throat, sug...

Potatoes have their roots in ancient tomatoes

Knowing potatoes’ origin story could help future-proof the crucial crop against ...

A Midwest ‘megaflash’ is the longest lightning on record

A reanalysis of satellite data shows that a 2017 Texas-to-Missouri lightning meg...

Why devastating tsunamis didn’t follow the Russia earth...

Geologists unpack why the magnitude 8.8 temblor — the sixth largest ever recorde...

A molecule produced by gut microbes may help spur heart...

A leftover from microbes’ meals is linked to early heart disease in people. In m...

A quantum computer goes to space

Quantum computers in space could be useful for communications networks or for te...

Can AI ‘feel’ guilt?

Research based on game theory suggests if we program AI agents with a sense of g...